Asked if one should look forward to imposition of long-term anti-dumping duty on the 124 steel products, Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma said, “Yes...It is going ahead based on evidences.“

She was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here. “That (anti-dumping) is quasi-judicial (process) and they will be long-term. There is a strong evidence on that. That is a quasi-judicial process. And all these 124 have enough evidences,“ the secretary said. The government has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on the 124 grades of steel.

The secretary further said this year, steel exports were up by 54 per cent and imports were down by 37 per cent post imposition of such protectionist measures.